{
  "patent_number": "US 8887212",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Device for Receiving and Processing TV Signals from Cables and Wireless Sources",
  "original_title": "Extended connectivity point-of-deployment apparatus and concomitant method thereof",
  "summary": "This patent describes a device that combines signals from a cable TV line and a wireless source, processes them to create copy-protected video and audio, and sends them to a TV or other device.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent details a 'Point-of-Deployment' (POD) module apparatus designed to bring content to your screen. It has a housing with a connector for a coaxial cable, which brings in a cable signal. It also has a port that can receive wireless signals from various sources like a local computer network, the internet, or even a remote control signal. Inside, a module unit takes the cable signal and the wireless signal. It processes these to create copy-protected video and audio signals. Finally, a connector on the housing sends these processed signals to a third device, like a TV, which then displays the image and plays the sound. For example, it could receive a standard cable TV feed and a wireless signal for interactive features, then combine them for a richer viewing experience.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Devices that only receive signals from a coaxial cable and do not incorporate any wireless signal reception.",
    "Systems that do not generate copy-protected video or audio signals.",
    "Apparatuses that do not have a physical connector designed to be mechanically separable from a host device's connector.",
    "Modules that do not process both a cable signal and a wireless signal to produce output.",
    "Devices that solely function as a wireless router or access point without cable signal integration."
  ],
  "filed": "2007-03-21",
  "granted": "2014-11-11",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Robin Dua",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/robin-dua"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 170,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "telecommunications",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "A POD module system includes a housing, a coaxial cable connector formed on the housing and connectable to a first device to receive a cable signal, a port formed on the housing to receive a wire or wireless signal from a second device, a module unit to process at least one of the cable signal and the at least one of the wireless signal to generate at least one of a copy protection signal and one of video and audio signals, respectively, and a connector formed on the housing and connectable to a third device to transmit the at least one of the copy protection signal and the one of video and audio signals to the third device such that the third device generates at least one of an image and a sound to correspond to the at least one of the copy protection signal and the one of video and audio signals.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8887212/netflix-content-delivery-network-open-connect",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8887212/netflix-content-delivery-network-open-connect/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8887212",
  "relatedPatents": []
}